BLOOD SAMPLING UNIT WITH PROTECTED NEEDLE AND A METHOD FOR SAMPLING BLOOD - Patent 0755220

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EP 0 755 220 A1

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(43)	Date of publication:
	29.01.1997 Bulletin 1997/05

(21)	Application number: 95940050.0

(22)	Date of filing: 16.11.1995

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International Patent Classification (IPC):

A61B 5/ 154^{( . )}
A61M 5/ 32^{( . )}

A61B 5/ 15^{( . )}
A61M 25/ 06^{( . )}

(86)	International application number:
	PCT/US1995/015063

(87)	International publication number:
	WO 1996/020637 (11.07.1996 Gazette 1996/31)

(84)	Designated Contracting States:
	DE FR GB

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Priority:

04.01.1995 US 19950368563

(71)	Applicant: BAXTER INTERNATIONAL INC.
	Deerfield, Illinois 60015 (US)

(72)	Inventors:
	DUDAR, Thomas E. Palatine, IL 60067 (US) GRAHAM, Peter Pinckney, MI 48169 (US)

(74)	Representative: MacGregor, Gordon, et al
	ERIC POTTER CLARKSON St. Mary's Court St. Mary's Gate Nottingham, NG1 1LE Nottingham, NG1 1LE (GB)

(54)	BLOOD SAMPLING UNIT WITH PROTECTED NEEDLE AND A METHOD FOR SAMPLING BLOOD